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Coalitional Psychology

Coalitional Psychology is a theoretical framework within social psychology that explains how evolved cognitive mechanisms foster ingroup favoritism by organizing perceptions and behaviors around alliances and cooperative social groups.

72

Publications

3.7K

Citations

138

Authors

80

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

18

Parents

Publications

72

Evolution and the psychology of intergroup conflict: the male warrior hypothesis

Melissa M. McDonald, Carlos Navarrete, Mark van Vugt · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2012 · 437 citations · Full text

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Anxiety and Intergroup Bias: Terror Management or Coalitional Psychology?

Carlos Navarrete, Robert Kurzban, Daniel M. T. Fessler et al. · Group Processes & Intergroup Relations · 2004 · 181 citations

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The Content of Our Cooperation, Not the Color of Our Skin: An Alliance Detection System Regulates Categorization by Coalition and Race, but Not Sex

David Pietraszewski, Leda Cosmides, John Tooby · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 180 citations · Full text

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Models of coalition behavior: Game theoretic, social psychological, and political perspectives.

J. Keith Murnighan · Psychological Bulletin · 1978 · 173 citations

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The Evolution of Hazing: Motivational Mechanisms and the Abuse of Newcomers

Aldo Cimino · Journal of Cognition and Culture · 2011 · 169 citations

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Authors

138

  1. DP
    David Pietraszewski

    Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany

    4 publications · 354 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. CN
    Carlos Navarrete

    Michigan State University, United States

    4 publications · 762 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. IV
    Ilja van Beest

    Tilburg University, Netherlands

    4 publications · 174 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. EV
    Eric van Dijk

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 162 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. AC
    Aldo Cimino

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    3 publications · 222 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

80

  1. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    512 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    968 citations

  4. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    272 citations

  5. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    737 citations

  6. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    110 citations

  8. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    133 citations

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Venues

  1. Evolutionary Psychology

    5 publications · 331 citations

    5

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  2. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

    GPIR · 4 publications · 232 citations

    4

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  3. Evolution and Human Behavior

    4 publications · 215 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    3 publications · 134 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Journal of Applied Psychology

    2 publications · 111 citations

    2

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